are you oblivious when it comes to flirting?

[Foxscotch]

knowing you there'd be more than two people involved

this reads like an insult but I can't imagine how it could be one

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[Red Spy]

i don't understand subtlety. what's the point of it? why can't you just directly explain what you actually intend?

i just get kinda confused when people are talking to me because i don't know if their intentions are platonic or flirty. i don't know why.

actual diagnosable autism

this reads like an insult but I can't imagine how it could be one

it's not

[hillkill]

Did you even read what I said? I gave you three reasons why people flirt as a means to get in. Surely you're not that mentally challenged to also not get this on an intellectual level, as well as the physical one.

Just saying you're interested is scary. It's boring. It comes off as cold and uncaring, and you can't gauge the other person's interest. Was that simple enough for you?
Then you need to start experiencing more. Watch some movies and TV. Talk to more people. Actually try to get in with a chick.

i've not been interested in anyone since i got rejected like 5 months ago. i'm currently only interested in talking to my current friends.

i can understand why it'd be boring, but i tell mostly everyone i know-- even potential employers-- that i'm an oblivious person. if they need me to know something, they need to tell me directly. i just can't sense if something's intentional or not.

[Foxscotch]

that's literally what autism is

[Red Spy]

that's literally what autism is

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING

[hillkill]

the only people that think i have autism are you guys, because no one has told me that in person.

[Red Spy]

most people don't tell a deaf person that farting makes a sound

[McJob]

I think you need to contact some kind of clinical psychiatrist to get an assessment for your position on the autism spectrum as I genuinely believe you are mentally incapable of understanding these kinds of normal social cues.

because no one has told me that in person.

And? What if they don't know about autism? What if they're trying to be nice? What if they're not thinking about it as hard as we are because you made this topic over it and asked for our opinions?

[Rally]

OP probably has some form of autism. That's probably the only possible explanation I can think of other than being turbo permavirgin 9000

she laid on my shoulder and ask me if i wanted to share a blanket. i just said "i'm not cold right now thanks"

This is legitimately frustrating to read lol. She might as well of told you "Please forget me on this couch"

[hillkill]

What if they don't know about autism? What if they're trying to be nice? What if they're not thinking about it as hard as we are because you made this topic over it and asked for our opinions?

the word autism is desensitized to me due to seeing it literally everywhere here and including reddit. i can't tell if you're being rude or actually think i have autism.

i have never really considered me having autism until right this moment actually. my sister has a sort of autism so i suppose it could be genes.

[McJob]

This is legitimately frustrating to read lol.

I split with my girlfriend on Monday and reading this stuff is actually making me really loving pissed off that he was this close to getting some and completely forgeted it.

i can't tell if you're being rude or actually think i have autism.

I don't use autism as a joke word. You just have this reputation from what I recall of your post history, and it's all starting to make sense that you don't function the same mentally as the rest of us.

[Red Spy]

the word autism is desensitized to me due to seeing it literally everywhere here and including reddit. i can't tell if you're being rude or actually think i have autism.

you have some form of loving autism dude holy stuff. i don't know how you didn't pick that up after two pages of us saying you sound like you're on the spectrum. you even said you don't understand subtly- textbook autism. go see a doctor or something jesus forget

I split with my girlfriend on Monday

oh stuff i was wondering about that

[hillkill]

I split with my girlfriend on Monday and reading this stuff is actually making me really loving pissed off that he was this close to getting some and completely forgeted it.
I don't use autism as a joke word. You just have this reputation from what I recall of your post history, and it's all starting to make sense that you don't function the same mentally as the rest of us.

even if i did get it, i don't feel intimacy. i don't feel anything when people hug me or kiss me, therefore i don't like any intimacy. plus i don't think sharing a blanket results in getting laid.

what do you mean i don't function the same mentally? i know i can be a little aggressive or misunderstanding sometimes, but that's just part of being human.

[Khaz]

god jesus i don't know what's more cringeworthy

OP's obliviousness or everyone shouting "you have loving autism"

[Red Spy]

what do you mean i don't function the same mentally?

even if i did get it, i don't feel intimacy. i don't feel anything when people hug me or kiss me, therefore i don't like any intimacy. plus i don't think sharing a blanket results in getting laid.